minutes
/ˈmɪnɪts/noun
उच्चारण मिनिट्स
कार्यवृत्त, बैठक का विवरण
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[pl.] the minutes
a summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting
कार्यवृत्त, बैठक का विवरण
- Who will take the minutes of the meeting?
- The secretary read out the minutes of the previous meeting at the start.
- The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
+ 2 more examples
- Please send me the minutes by tomorrow.
- The clerk wrote the minutes in a large register.
Synonyms record proceedings transcript notes summary
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
the minutes of a meeting (plural noun)
Minutes are the written record of what was said and decided at a meeting; the word is plural in form.
'Minutes' बैठक में कही और तय की गई बातों का लिखित रिकॉर्ड है; इस शब्द का रूप plural है।
- The secretary read out the minutes of the last meeting.
- The minutes were approved by all members.
take / keep / approve the minutes
You take or keep minutes during a meeting, and members approve or amend them afterwards.
बैठक के दौरान minutes 'take' या 'keep' किए जाते हैं, और बाद में सदस्य उन्हें approve या amend करते हैं।
- Radhika was asked to take the minutes.
- The committee approved the minutes.
minutes (time) vs minutes (record)
The two meanings are written the same: sixty seconds, or a meeting record. Context decides.
दोनों अर्थ एक जैसे लिखे जाते हैं: साठ सेकंड, या बैठक का रिकॉर्ड। संदर्भ से अर्थ तय होता है।
- The minutes were written in ten minutes.
in the minutes / minute (verb)
Decisions are recorded in the minutes; as a verb, minute means to record something in them.
निर्णय minutes में दर्ज किए जाते हैं; क्रिया के रूप में 'minute' का अर्थ उनमें दर्ज करना है।
- The chairman asked to have the decision minuted.
+Collocations 4
verb + minutes
takekeepreadapprovecirculatesign
- The clerk circulated the minutes to all members.
adjective + minutes
draftofficialpreviousconfirmeddetailedlast
- The draft minutes were sent for correction.
minutes + of + noun
of the meetingof the boardof the committeeof the sessionof the class
- She read the minutes of the staff meeting.
minutes + noun
booksecretaryregisterfileformat
- The minutes book is kept in the office.
“More examples 5
- The minutes show that the proposal was passed unanimously.
कार्यवृत्त से पता चलता है कि प्रस्ताव सर्वसम्मति से पारित हुआ।
- Please read the minutes before the next meeting.
कृपया अगली बैठक से पहले कार्यवृत्त पढ़ लीजिए।
- The secretary will take the minutes today.
आज सचिव कार्यवृत्त लिखेंगे।
- A copy of the minutes was sent to every member.
कार्यवृत्त की एक प्रति हर सदस्य को भेजी गई।
- He objected to a point in the minutes of the last meeting.
उन्होंने पिछली बैठक के कार्यवृत्त के एक बिंदु पर आपत्ति की।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The minute of the meeting was circulated.
✓ The minutes of the meeting were circulated.
For the meeting record, use the plural minutes with a plural verb.
बैठक के रिकॉर्ड के लिए plural 'minutes' और plural verb आती है।
✗ She made the minutes of the meeting.
✓ She took the minutes of the meeting.
The usual verb is take or keep, not make.
सामान्य क्रिया 'take' या 'keep' है, 'make' नहीं।
✗ The secretary wrote a minutes.
✓ The secretary wrote the minutes.
Minutes is plural in form and cannot take a.
'Minutes' रूप से plural है और 'a' नहीं लेता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns are written records, but each serves a different purpose.
ये संज्ञाएँ लिखित रिकॉर्ड हैं, पर प्रत्येक का उद्देश्य अलग है।
A record of what was said and decided at a meeting.
बैठक में क्या कहा और तय हुआ, उसका रिकॉर्ड।
- Read the minutes.
A list of things to discuss, made before the meeting.
चर्चा के विषयों की सूची, जो बैठक से पहले बनती है।
- The agenda has five items.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
?Which word?
Homonym: minute (/ˈmɪnɪt/, sixty seconds) and minute (/maɪˈnjuːt/, very small).
Homonym: minute (/ˈmɪnɪt/, साठ सेकंड) और minute (/maɪˈnjuːt/, बहुत छोटा)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Take the minutes, approve the minutes.
Collocations: take the minutes (बैठक की कार्यवाही लिखना), approve the minutes (कार्यवाही के विवरण को मंज़ूरी देना)। यहाँ minutes का अर्थ बैठक का लिखित रिकॉर्ड है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: the written record of what was discussed at a meeting is the minutes; a list of topics to be discussed at a meeting is the agenda; the official record of what was said in Parliament the proceedings (in India, published as the Lok Sabha Debates).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बैठक में हुई चर्चा का लिखित रिकॉर्ड minutes (कार्यवृत्त); बैठक में चर्चा होने वाले विषयों की सूची agenda (कार्यसूची); संसद में कही गई बातों का आधिकारिक रिकॉर्ड proceedings।